diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 845a4a74ee..88eca3db2f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ auth-kerberos = [
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
-    "pytest~=8.0",
+    "pytest~=9.0",
     "PyYAML",
     "pure-sasl",
     "cryptography>=42.0",